July 22. “Button, meet Sydney.”
“Who’s this Sydney?”
“Who’s this Sydney?”
“Who told him I’m not real?”
By the way, readers, now that Button is back in the flesh, our conversation will return the way it used to be which is, the two of us actually conversing and not only me doing a 2-way conversation! Enjoy.
The car ride to Samovar was a quiet one. I sat in the passenger seat while Mojo, Mowgli and Button somehow managed to squeeze onto the back seat.
House staff: Bhalu aya, Bhalu aya… ghar ke andar bhalu aya…madaaam!
“Button, and 1!”
“Button, 3…2…come on Button–don’t make me a nervous wreck!”
“Button, hopefully, you’re doing a countdown at your end!”
“Button, just read that Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive is donating his estimated $785 million fortune to charity after providing for the educational expenses of his nephew.”
“Button, it was a very sad day for me as well as, I think, for most Indians when our boys playing the semis against Australia lost!”